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Recognition of yeast by murine macrophages requires mannan but not glucan.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Nov 2010
Keppler-Ross Sabine, Douglas Lois, Konopka James B, Dean Neta
Abstract excerpt
The first barrier against infection by Candida albicans involves fungal recognition and destruction by phagocytic cells of the innate immune system. It is well established that interactions between different phagocyte receptors and components of the fungal cell wall trigger phagocytosis and subse...
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